birdlike

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The film includes nods to D&D’s decades of accumulated lore — a birdlike aarakocra in one scene, an offhand reference to “Baldur’s Gate” in another — without distracting from the plot.

From Los Angeles Times

“Only in pterosaurs do we see something like the birdlike condition,” she said.

From New York Times

People might assume that sounding birdlike would mean these dinosaurs were tweeting like meadowlarks, Dr. Arbour said.

From New York Times

Although he looks human, he has the stiff, almost birdlike head movements of C-3PO from Star Wars, as well the same officious air of a fussy British butler.

From Washington Post

You could say he portrayed the mascot — in the pantheon of America’s furry avatars, none is more iconic than the Phillie Phanatic, a lumpy, waddling, bright green birdlike creature with a big, trumpeting snout and a red tongue that unfurls like a party blower.

From New York Times